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Tama-Re
Al Tamaha | |
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Private community | |
 The central part of the "Tama-Re" compound, as seen from the air | |
| Nickname(s): "The Golden City", "Kodesh", "Wahannee", "Egypt of the West", | |
| Established | 1993 |
| Demolished | 2005 |
The Tama-Re compound in Putnam County, Georgia (a.k.a. "Kodesh", "Wahannee", "The Golden City", "Al Tamaha") was an Egyptian-themed set of buildings and monuments established in 1993 on 476 acres near Eatonton. It was located at 33°20'24.8"N 83°30'39.6"W.[1] It was founded by the black supremacist group, Nuwaubian Nation, that also had a variety of esoteric beliefs and was led by Dwight D. York. That organization started in 1967 in New York and went through many incarnations and name changes. In 1993, the group sold their property in Brooklyn, New York and moved to the site that would become Tama-Re.[2]
York was prosecuted for child molestation, racketeering, and financial charges; convicted in 2004, he was sentenced to 135 years in prison. As part of the verdict, the Tama-Re complex was sold under government forfeiture in 2005. The property was subsequently purchased by a real-estate developer, and the structures were demolished with the assistance of the local sheriff's department.[3]
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- ^ Cusack, Carole M.; Stausberg, Michael; Wright, Stuart A. (2020). The Demise of Religion: How Religions End, Die, or Dissipate. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 162. ISBN 9781350162914.
- ^ Scott, Anderson (4 October 2016). "The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors". oxfordamerican.org. Retrieved 18 December 2022.